Our People

Principal
Susannah Fowler principal@thegardens.school.nz Principal
Senior Management
Kate Gifford kateg@thegardens.school.nz Associate Principal
Support Staff
Andrea Hewes andreah@thegardens.school.nz Administration
Angela Haywood angelah@thegardens.school.nz Teacher Aide
Diana Wheeler dianaw@thegardens.school.nz Teacher Aide
Fawna Dissmeyer fawnad@thegardens.school.nz Teacher Aide
Julene Lambert julenel@thegardens.school.nz Teacher Aide
Julie Dobson julied@thegardens.school.nz Librarian
Peggy Panoho peggyp@thegardens.school.nz Executive Officer
Rob Stone robs@thegardens.school.nz Caretaker
Samantha Castle samanthac@thegardens.school.nz Teacher Aide
Tanya Sproull tanyas@thegardens.school.nz Resource Manager
Teaching Staff
Anna Loakman aloakman@thegardens.school.nz Year 5/6 Teacher
Anna Murphy annam@thegardens.school.nz Year 4 Teacher
Anne Rush anner@thegardens.school.nz Year 1/2 Teacher
Brenda McDonald brendam@thegardens.school.nz Year 3 Teacher
Bronwyn Leabourn bronwynl@thegardens.school.nz Year 1/2 Teacher
Carol Booth-Kent carolk@thegardens.school.nz Year 2 Teacher
Christine Hansen christineh@thegardens.school.nz ICT / Poutama Teacher
Diane Bull dianeb@thegardens.school.nz Year5/6 Teacher
Dianne Whitehead diannew@thegardens.school.nz Year 7/8 Teacher
Fiona Davis fionad@thegardens.school.nz Poutama Teacher
Jan Forman janf@thegardens.school.nz Year 5/6 Teacher E Learning
Julia Delany juliad@thegardens.school.nz Year 5/6 / Team Leader
Kay Vincent kayv@thegardens.school.nz Year 7/8 / Team Leader
Lily Bradshaw lilyb@thegardens.school.nz Year 3/4 Teacher
Lisa Cosford lisac@thegardens.school.nz Year 2 - part-time teacher
Lisa Pearson lisap@thegardens.school.nz Year 5/6 Teacher
Mary Steel marys@thegardens.school.nz Senco/NE & Year 1 Teacher
Melissa Bateman melissab@thegardens.school.nz Part-time teacher Y5/6
Pamela Irwin pamelai@thegardens.school.nz Year 7/8 Teacher
Paula Montofre paulam@thegardens.school.nz NE Teacher
Richard Yates richardy@thegardens.school.nz Year 7/8 Teacher
Sara Hayward sarah@thegardens.school.nz Year 5/6 Teacher - E Learning
Sarah Cooke sarahcooke@thegardens.school.nz Year 3/4 Teacher
Sepa Talaimanu sepat@thegardens.school.nz Year 4/Team Leader (On maternity leave)
Shona Scott shonas@thegardens.school.nz New Entrant Teacher
Tanya Griffin tanyag@thegardens.school.nz Physical Education Teacher
Tracey Kuba traceyk@thegardens.school.nz Year 3 Teacher
Vivienne Lee reception@thegardens.school.nz Spanish/Music Teacher